Crawdaddy 96 Posted May 24, 2007 Hammer Head, you'll love this story..... So I decided to ride the 520 into work today since I've only ridden it once on a short night ride since I picked it up a few weeks ago.....there I am at a stop light.....ready to make a left turn.....drop it into first.....what .....wait a minute .....where'd my shift lever go .......looked back behind me and luckily it was on the ground about ~10 feet back .....bolt must've fallen off somewhere along the way and then it fell off the spline when I down shifted rolling up to the stop light.......had to put the bike on the kickstand......run back and pick up the lever (with on coming/paused traffic)......roll the bike over to the curb across paused traffic (luckily it was in neutral when the lever fell off) and cannibalize a bolt off my plastics to slide in and use to hold the shift lever in place......a bit late to work....a bit embarrassed/pissed.....oh well, better this morning than Sat morning.....guess the previous owner didn't lock-tight the retaining bolt that screws inside the spline and holds the shift lever on the spline.....I'll replace it properly when I get home tonight..... Anyway, figured Hammer would enjoy that KTM mishap..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PastaPilot 17 Posted May 24, 2007 I can only imagine the embarassment. Glad the shifter only fell a few feet behind you. It's nice that a bolt from your plastics fit your shifter. Good thinking on their part. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hammerin Hammon Posted May 25, 2007 Hammer Head, you'll love this story..... So I decided to ride the 520 into work today since I've only ridden it once on a short night ride since I picked it up a few weeks ago.....there I am at a stop light.....ready to make a left turn.....drop it into first.....what .....wait a minute .....where'd my shift lever go .......looked back behind me and luckily it was on the ground about ~10 feet back .....bolt must've fallen off somewhere along the way and then it fell off the spline when I down shifted rolling up to the stop light.......had to put the bike on the kickstand......run back and pick up the lever (with on coming/paused traffic)......roll the bike over to the curb across paused traffic (luckily it was in neutral when the lever fell off) and cannibalize a bolt off my plastics to slide in and use to hold the shift lever in place......a bit late to work....a bit embarrassed/pissed.....oh well, better this morning than Sat morning.....guess the previous owner didn't lock-tight the retaining bolt that screws inside the spline and holds the shift lever on the spline.....I'll replace it properly when I get home tonight..... Anyway, figured Hammer would enjoy that KTM mishap..... Crawdad Shift levers fall off all bikes :boredom: :boredom: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
